An extraordinary fiction debut: a large, stirring novel of suspense that is, at the same time, a work of brilliantly astute social observation." The Emperor of Ocean Park is set in two privileged worlds: the upper crust African American society of the eastern seaboard--old families who summer on Martha's Vineyard--and the inner circle of an Ivy League law school. It tells the story of a complex family with a single, seductive link to the shadowlands of crime.
The Emperor of the title, Judge Oliver Garland, has just died, suddenly. A brilliant legal mind, conservative and famously controversial, Judge Garland made more enemies than friends. Many years before, he'd earned a judge's highest prize: a Supreme Court nomination. But in a scene of bitter humiliation, televised across the country, his nomination collapsed in scandal. The humbling defeat became a private agony, one from which he never recovered.
But now the Judge's death raises even more questions--and it seems to be leading to a second, even more terrible scandal. Could Oliver Garland have been murdered? He has left a strange message for his son Talcott, a professor of law at a great university, entrusting him with "the arrangements"--a mysterious puzzle that only Tal can unlock, and only by unearthing the ambiguities of his father's past. When another man is found dead, and then another, Talcott--wry, straight-arrow, almost too self-aware to be a man of action--must risk his career, his marriage, and even his life, following the clues his father left him.
Intricate, superbly written, often scathingly funny, "The Emperor of Ocean Park is a triumphant work of fiction, packed with character and incident--a brilliantlycrafted tapestry of ambition, family secrets, murder, integrity tested, and justice gone terribly wrong.
"From the Hardcover edition.
Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up (Full Frame)
Zoey and the gang have a week of fun in the sun planned for Spring Break. They're headed to Logan's father's mansion on the coast. Their vacation takes an unexpected turn when they realize that they're actually there to test a new reality game show called "Gender Defenders." It's boys against girls to see who will get to be on a real taping of the show! But when Chase accidentally sends a text message proclaiming his true feelings for Zoey, will this Spring Break prove to be a Spring Bummer? Find out in this brand-new "Zoey 101" movie!
2 Bonus Episodes: "Quinn's Date" and "Little Beach Party;" "Behind The Scenes with Jamie Lynn Spears and Sean Flynn;" "Zoey 101 Set Tour;" "Zoey Cam.
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Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston, ISBN 0060916486
Set intimately within the social context of black life, this is a collection of stories, "big old lies", songs, voodoo customs and superstitions passed down through oral tradition.
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James Cameron's Dark Angel PS2
James Cameron's Dark Angel is based on the science-fiction adventure series set in the near future after an electromagnetic pulse detonated by terrorists crippled the U.S. economy. Max, a genetically enhanced human prototype with attitude to spare, escaped from her military creators and made a life for herself on the edgy streets of 21st century Seattle. She becomes a reluctant hero when she teams up with idealistic, underground cyber-journalist Logan Cale, lending her unique abilities to his crusade against corruption and an oppressive establishment.
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A Game for the Living by Patricia Highsmith, ISBN 0871132109
Set in Mexico, this is a coolly analytic study of friendship, neurosis, and grief as two good friends share the affections of one woman--and the pain, confusion and suspicion of her murder.
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Body & Soul: Notebooks of an Apprentice Boxer by Loic J. D. Wacquant, ISBN 0195168356
When French sociologist Loic Wacquant signed up at a boxing gym in a black neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, he had never contemplated getting close to a ring. Yet for three years he immersed himself among Local fighters. He Learned the Sweet Science of bruising, participating in all phases of the pugilist's preparation. In this experimental ethnography, the scholar-turned-boxer supplies a model for a "carnal sociology" capable of capturing "the taste and ache of action." Breaking with the prefabricated images of the heroic champion stepping into the limelight, Wacquant focuses on ordinary boxers in their everyday environment of the gym. He reveals them to be devoted artisans of the virile body who hone an honorific craft, share a protective sociability, and seek recognition and redemption in the closed brotherhood of the ring. He shows how the gym functions at once as a sanctuary against the dangers of the street and a school of discipline in which occupational morality is literally...
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Crush Depth by Joe Buff, ISBN 0060009659
A riveting, chillingly realistic submarine adventure set in the near future from an electrifying voice in military fiction. "Buff out-Clancys Tom Clancy."--"Kirkus Reviews.
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Last Rites (Full Frame)
Tom Berenger ("Platoon") and Daphne Zuniga ("The Sure Thing") set the screen ablaze in this controversial tale of a love affair between a priest and a sexy woman. A relentlessly entertaining tale of lust, betrayal and revenge with a shocking final twist, "Last Rites" administers equal measures of white-knuckle suspense... and white-hot romance. A Mafia hit... a vulnerable witness... a man of the cloth with a secret past. When Father Michael Pace (Berenger) finds himself drawn to the mistress (Zuniga) of a brutally murdered mobster, he risks his life, his standing and even his faith to protect her in this riveting thriller that will keep you guessing until the final frame.
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Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Geography by Martha B. Sharma, ISBN 0313308993
Geography teachers and school library media specialists will find this resource indispensable for providing classroom lessons and activities in critical thinking for geography students in grades 7-12. It is filled with over 75 primary source Internet sites covering such topics as Places and Regions, Physical Systems, Human Systems, Environment and Society, and the Uses of Geography, and will be an invaluable tool in helping teachers and librarians meet the standards set forth in the 1994 publication Geography for Life: National Geography Standards.
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